Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in human post-mortem ocular tissues.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 is found in conjunctival swabs and tears of COVID-19 patients. However, the presence of SARS-CoV-2 has not been detected in the human eye to date. We undertook this study to analyze the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in human post-mortem ocular tissues.

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in human post-mortem ocular tissues.

Background: SARS-CoV-2 is found in conjunctival swabs and tears of COVID-19 patients. However, the presence of SARS-CoV-2 has not been detected in the human eye to date. We undertook this study to analyze the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in human post-mortem ocular tissues.

Generating clinical outputs for self-reports of visual functioning.

Purpose: Visual functioning questionnaires (VFQs) address patient-centered and evidenced-based practice. The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometrics of the Self-Report Assessment of Functional Vision Performance (SRAFVP) and present Rasch-generated patient-level outputs.

Methods: One hundred two patients were administered the 39-item SRAFVP that includes questions under the categories of reading, writing, money management, telephone usage, reading a timepiece, personal care, clothing care, meal preparation, leisure, and functional mobility.